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Nails

  

Present 

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Present - detail

   Present - acrylic, plywood, nails, bottlecaps

An infinity symbol bisects another infinity mark and r​eclaims  consciousness  through  action.  ​
     Discarded bottle caps   have  been  flattened  into  the  round  like a  tumbled rock,  worn down and  smooth edged.   Flattened  bottle-­caps  can  be  found  everywhere  from  Arrowtown  to  Potosi,   ubiquitous  and abandoned   on  the  path.  Indicative  of  convenience  and  tossed  to  the  street  they  are   slowly,  anonymously,  invisibly  crushed  by   wheels  of   vehicles  and  by  peoples’  feet.  A  small  circle  of  colour  removed  from  its  original  purpose  has been  forgotten, lost  and  transformed.  
     The  underlying  surface  of  Present  replete  with  painted  dots   corresponds  with   the  conscious​  ​mind,  each   of  the  marks   deliberate,  aware.  This  foundation  peers​  through  yet  is  ​partially  eclipsed  by  a  layer  of  bottle caps  collectively  representing   unconscious processes.  These  caps  retrieved  from  the byways and  highways  are  sandwiched  between   layers  of  intention.   From  the  exterior,  painted  nails  determinedly  pierce  through  each  bottle cap to  reconnect  the  probity  of  the  inner  to  the  outer.  A  layer of  ‘unknown’  and  ‘unknowing’  captured  between  two  measured  schemes of colour  and  design,  the insentient skewered by resolve.   The cycle  has  been completed  to form  the present  moment  where endless action and inaction are in balance.                                          

Contradiction

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Contradiction - acrylic, nails, bottlecaps on ply SOLD
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The Contradiction of thought versus thoughtlessness.
The discarded and the collected.
Order and disorder, intentioned and unintentional.

Crab 

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Mangrove Crab SOLD
A Mangrove crab uses its mouth parts to filter nutrients from the mud. Here we are looking head on to face the crab as it feeds.
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Mangrove Crab - acrylic, nails on ply
Oxbow
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Oxbow Shield - acrylic,nails on ply 1210mm x 700 SOLD

An Oxbow is a lake left behind from a bend in a river that has since changed course. The oxbow holds the shape of the river like a memory.
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Oxbow - detail

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Oxbow - detail
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